Aesop’s Fable
The Hare and the Tortoise
Drill 1: Listen and choose the best answer
1) How long did the hare sleep?
A. an hour B. two hour C. half an hour D. a half and an hour
2) Where is the ending line?
A. a bank B. a river C. a line where they started D. an oak tree
Drill 2：Listen and fill in the blank with the words you hear.
(AsideJ): There was once a hare who was very proud of his running.
(HareJ): “No one is as speedy as me!” he cried.
“Would anyone like to race?”
(AnimalsJ): “No thanks!” laughed the other animals.
“We know you can run faster than any of us.”
(AsideJ): But one little voice piped up(響起) politely behind him.
(TortoiseJ): “I’ll give you a race if you like, Mr. Hare,” it said.
(AsideJ): The hare turned around in surprise. Standing before him was a wrinkly(有皺紋的) old tortoise.
(HareJ ): “Oh my!” replied the hare.
“You make me tremble, Mr. Tortoise.”
(AsideJ): But the old tortoise was serious, so it was agreed the two would race to the oak tree and back.
(SquirrelJ): “On your marks! Get set! Go!” yelled the squirrel(松鼠).
(AsideJ): In a couple of seconds, the hare was nearly out of sight. The tortoise set off in his usual slow way.
When he reached the tree, the hare was so confident that he sat down to sleep. But he soon fell fast asleep!
An hour later, he woke up and heard cheering in the distance. Leaping to his feet, he ran as fast as his legs would carry him, but the tortoise’s head bobbed over（伸過） a line a whisker before the hare’s.
(TortoiseJ): “Being quick on your feet is a fine thing, Mr. Hare, but slow and steady wins the race.” Said Mr. Tortoise.
Drill3: Discussions
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1) Why did the hare lose the race?
2) Why can the tortoise win the race?
3) Which one would you like to be in learning English?
2nd Competition
The hare woke up and realized that he‘d lost the race. The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realized that he‘d lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax.
If he had not taken things for granted, there‘s no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.
1. What can we learn from the hare?
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2. When two students are learning English, one is learning faster than the teacher taught in class. One keeps up with teacher step by step.
Do you think which one is better at learning English?
3rd Competition
But the story doesn‘t end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realized that there‘s no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route. The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river.
The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river.
The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
Q: What can we learn from the tortoise?
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4th competition
The story still hasn‘t ended.
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race could have been run much better.
They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back.
On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they‘d felt earlier.
Q: What can we learn from the hare and the tortoise?
教后語：
In the 1st Competition, the moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.
這個故事給我們的啟示是： 緩慢且持續(xù)的人會贏得比賽。
This is the version of the story that we‘ve all grown up with.
這是從小伴隨我們長大的龜兔賽跑故事的版本。
But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues.但最近有人告訴了我一個更有趣的版本。故事這么連續(xù)下去。
In the 2nd competition, the moral of the story Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady. 動作快且前后一致的人將可勝過緩慢且持續(xù)的人。
When two students are learning English, one is learning faster than the teacher taught in class. One keeps up with teacher step by step. Do think which one is better in learning English.
It‘s good to be slow and steady; but it‘s better to be fast and reliable.
緩慢且持續(xù)固然很好，但動作快且牢靠則更勝一籌。
In the 3rd competition, what is the moral of the story?
First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.這故事的有什么啟示？ 首先，辨識出你的核心競爭力，然后改變游戲場所以適應（發(fā)揮）你的核心競爭力。
If you are not good at listening, but you like listening music. We can you learn from the tortoise?
In the 4th,The moral of the story? It‘s good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless you‘re able to work in a team and harness each other‘s core competencies, you‘ll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you‘ll do poorly and someone else does well.
這故事的有什么啟示？個人表現優(yōu)異與擁有堅強的核心競爭力固然不錯，但除非你能在一個團隊內（與別人）同心協力，并掌控彼此間的核心競爭力，否則你的表現將永遠在標準之下，因為總有一些狀況下，你是技不如人，而別人卻干得蠻好的。
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.
團隊合作主要就是有關情境（權變）領導這檔事，讓具備處理某一情境能力（核心競爭力）的人當家做主。
There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.從這故事，我們可以學到更多
Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.
我們了解，在遭逢失敗后，兔子和烏龜都沒有就此放棄。兔子決定更拼，并且投入更多的努力。
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort.
在盡了全力之后，烏龜則選擇改變策略。在人的一生中，當失敗臨頭時，有時我們需更加努力。
Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
有時則需改變策略，嘗試不同的抉擇。有時候，兩者都要一起來。
The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.
兔子和烏龜也學到了最關鍵的一課。當我們不再與競爭對手較力，而開始逐鹿某一情境時，我們會表現得更好。
結論：
龜兔賽跑的故事啟發(fā)我們良多。
最重要的是：
動作快且前后一致的人總是勝過緩慢且持續(xù)的人；依著自己的優(yōu)勢(專長)來工作；
結合所有的資源且團隊合作的人，總是打敗單打獨斗者；
面對失敗時，絕不輕言放棄；
最后：
與某一情境競爭，而不是限定某對手。
